Tag Archives: Bench Seat

The project is in the home stretch now. This week I was able to finish up the seat and shelf assemblies and apply the first coat of oil. The seat and shelf are made basically the same way; the frame is joined with bridle joints and the slats are mortise and tenons. The lower shelfContinue reading “Bench Seat: Seat, Shelf and Finishing”

I’ve started my next project; a bench seat with storage shelf. I started out by sketching out the design. It always helps to have a detailed drawing to sort out the dimensions, angles, parts needed. Since this piece has angles, I took this time to do a little trigonometry to figure out the angles IContinue reading “Bench Seat: Design & Joinery”